Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Love Island's Demi Jones reveals crushing personal news as cancer hits family twice
msn.comLove Island star Demi Jones revealed crushing personal news as she broke down in tears on ITV show Strictly The Real Full Monty.
The reality star bravely opened up about her own cancer battle as she told viewers it was over after she first revealed fans in May that she would need to have surgery to remove her thyroid.
But she sadly revealed that the disease has hit her family again as she opened up about her stepdad's terminal cancer. Read more Strictly's AJ Odudu breaks silence on injury before final The 23-year-old was appearing on the ITV show to raise awareness of the disease.
It saw various celebrities strip off for the special cause. Demi couldn't hold back the tears as she said her stepdad Adrian, who was also on the show, had been.
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